Life Missions Quotes

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”
― Shannon Alder

“You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie? What if you missed your opportunity because you didn't know your worth? What if you settled on familiar, but God was trying to give you something better? What if you decided not to go backwards, but forward? What if doing what you have never done before was the answer to everything that didn't make sense? What if the answer wasn't to be found in words, but in action? What if you found the courage to do what you really wanted to do and doing it changed your whole life?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Sometimes you can be touched by God, but not healed. Often when this happens, he is using your pain for a greater purpose.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“God always brings someone into your life that has traveled the same path and knows the rocks you climbed to get to the end of the trail.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“People are going to come into your life, and God is going to use them to help you. To them you’re insignificant and don’t matter. They are not going to understand you, or even see the point of why God had you hang in there with them for so long. Remember this: Sometimes meeting someone has nothing to do with what you can provide for him or her and everything to do with what God needs you to recognize in that person. If you didn’t understand the message, God will keep sending the same person or situation into your life.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I never wanted to be a God fearing person. I wanted to grow up and be a person that was fearless for God. There was a difference.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s mind.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, but I chose neither one. Instead, I set sail in my little boat to watch a sunset from a different view that couldn't be seen from shore. Then I climbed the tallest mountain peak to watch the amber sun through the clouds. Finally, I traveled to the darkest part of the valley to see the last glimmering rays of light through the misty fog. It was every perspective I experienced on my journey that left the leaves trodden black, and that has made all the difference.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If you don't make a conscious effort to visualize, who you are and what you want to become in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape your journey by default. Your silence makes you reactive vs. proactive. God will bring people in your life that can take you on many different journeys that will bring about different outcomes to your life mission. However, if you are not proactive and define your dreams you will never know where “you” need to be and who needs to be with you to fulfill what God is asking you to do. Your life is your own. You must define your dreams, not live someone else’s vision of a good life. What is it that God is asking you to do with the talents and hobbies you enjoy? What were you blessed with a desire for? A good life is one spent in the service of helping others. Find a life partner that will help you reach God’s highest potential—service to humanity, service to his Kingdom, service to building others up. Also, begin any choice with the end in mind. This means to begin each day with a clear vision of your desired direction. It is not enough to live a passive life of religious devotion. God asked you to do more than worship. He has called you to serve, not to be a servant to other people’s dreams. You and only you know where your heart must travel. God brings you storms in life to wake you up. Don’t see it as his disappointment, but as his parental love for you. Life was not meant to stay the same. If someone truly loves you they will never take you away from God’s plan, they will only magnify it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Who would you impress if the world was blind?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Never mistake the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity and the fear of the unknown with the Holy Ghost’s promptings. Sometimes those feelings are simply Satan keeping you stuck where you are because he knows you will have a half-life there. He knows that you will spend half of your life disconnected, discontented and convincing your mind of what its heart will never accept. He knows when you have settled, gave up and didn’t try. Inaction is his greatest weapon, while regret is his second.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you are near the middle of your life, often God will do outrageous things to knock you back on course.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Life has a way of taking you past your wants and hopes. Instead, it drops you in front of what you need.”
― Shannon Alder

“The only person worth risking everything for is the one person that would never let you risk everything for.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Satan will always provide a witness to where you have been, in order to challenge your fate.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You know you have found your life mission when you say, “I dare you to try and take this away from me.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You might lose battles in your life time. However, every person that stands bravely on the side of justice, for people that have no voice, wins the true battle---Gods.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The most important gift you can give your children is the importance of standing up to injustice. Children will remember moments spent with you. However, it isn't togetherness that creates humane parents and righteous kids. It is the example of integrity that a parent sets and the on going lessons they teach about compassion toward others throughout their lives. A good father or mother teaches their children that cruelty is not something you cause or ignore, rather it is the moment you suit up for war.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Often the inspiration to write music comes from the voices in your head. You’re not crazy. Just be thankful they are not making you rescue people in 20-degree weather at 2:30 in the morning in the forest.”
― Shannon Alder

“If you are reading this then you have wasted another day of your life day dreaming, rather than planning the life God intended you to live.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels keep me standing up.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The more I know about God, I am convinced He likes to read books and authors are His librarians. Every soul is a story waiting to be read.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“A fantasy is nothing more than a dream you were too scared to chase.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually redonates the money, or uses the accolades as a foot in the door for more activism and awareness. A plack on the wall won’t change the world; it only shows your devotion.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“I am a nobody until I make somebody worthy for everybody.”
― Amit Abraham